- City:
- Penelope, TX
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1939
- Completed:
- 1940
- Designers:
- Architect, Hoke Smith
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration built the Penelope Rural High School, School Dist. 8. The one-story brick building bearing white cement decorations at the top was completed in 1940. It houses eight classrooms, a gym-auditorium, offices, storerooms, and a locker room.
Source notes
Plaque on site.
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Site originally submitted by Eveline Evans on May 22, 2018.
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